Pen or pencil clip.



PEN. R PENCIL om?.

Application iled May 29, 1915. Serial No. 31,131.

lTo all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. JACKSON,

' ,a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Pen or Pencil Clips, of which the following is a specifica- Ition.

In some of the clips heretofore produced,

.10 the clamping arm has been provided with a' j an arm and means at the upper end of l ball at its end to bear against the cloth of the pocket, and in others a sharp prong has been employed to'engage the cloth. y,The ball tip lacks efficiency as a securing means,

since the ball slides'easily along theV cloth 'so that the clip may be as readily slipped offas on. Clamping arms provided with Sharp y prongs are objectionable for the reason that the prongs are apt to catch in the cloth andv 20 fray or tear the same.

Furthermore, such prongs are sometimes hard to ydisengage from the pocket. f I g, I

YThe present invention contemplates certain improvements in pen or pencil clips 9,5 with a view to providing a clip which may be easily slipped onto a pocket, which strongly resists accidental upward movement of the pen`or pencil, which may `be readily disengaged when it is desired to withdraw the pen or pencilv and which will not telar or fray the cloth ofthe pocket. To this end the lower end of the clamping arm is provided with a pocket-engaging portion lwhich extends upwardly from the inner side ofthe arm and lies at an acute angle to the axis of the pencil, and this portion is made quite broad and blunt so that while it serves as'an effective grip to resist upward move# ment of the pencil, it will not tearl or frayA the cloth and will be readily disengageable therefrom. Means adapted to be grasped between thethumb 'and finger is also providedat the lower end of the arm .for drawing the arm away from the cloth to disengage the same, this meansI being spaceda material distance from the pencil so that it may be readilyy grasped. l i Y The invention also refers to a clip having a device thereon for receiving an initial,

monogram, or other emblem.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are elevations at right angles to each other showing a fountain pen bearing a clip embodying the features' of my invention.

I Fig. 3 isa plan' view of the blank fromwhich the clip is formed. Fig. 4 is ,an elevational View with portions of the pen and the `clip in section showing an alternative means for securing the clamping arm to the pen cap.- Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in the plane ofline 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is said arm for attaching it to a pen or pencil. In the drawings,l a fountain pen has been shown to illustrate the use of the clip, 11 being the body of the pen and 12 the cap there' of. The clip as a whole may consist of an sfrarns PATENT camion. J I

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J i111@ 6, 19.16,'

integral piece, stamped from sheet metal and subsequently bent into form as will be presently explained.

The means for attaching the arm 10 to 'a pen or pencil maybe inthe form of a pair of clamping arms 13 which in effect constitute a split ring, or said means may com' prise rivets or studs 14 adapted to pass through openingsin the cap 12 and be riveted thereto as shown in Fig. 4. Y

On the extreme upper end of the armis a i monogram or other emblem. Said member may be rabbeted at its/periphery to provide` a? portion to fit snugly in the apertured holder and another portion of larger diameter to occupy the space between saidhold'er and the darm, so that ther member is yheld withi its aperture. Obviously the holder 15 may be of various shapes or designs.

On the lower end of the arm 10 is provided means for engagement with a pocket to pre, vent accidental upward displacement of the' clip, and also meansL to facilitate the disengagement of the arm when desired. Infthe form shown in Figs. 1 to 5, these means comprise an upwardly projecting foot 19 which is integral with or a continuation of the lower end of the arm, but is bent back upwardly to lie -at an acute angle with respect to the axis of the pen or pencil., This foot is relatively long, a spacev being providedbetween 'its lower portion and the upper edge of the pocket between these two parts. The upper end ofthe foot 19 is quite broad and blunt, and while the acute angle of the foot causes it to effect a fast engagement with the pocket, the broad end thereof prevents the foot from entering the mesh of the cloth so that all tendency of the foot to catch, tear or fray the cloth is eliminated'. If desired, a central notclrl() may be provided in the upper end of the finger to pro` vide spaced apart fabric engaging members.

On the lower end of the arm l() adjacent to the finger 19 are two outwardly bent lugs 21, forming a finger grip adapted to be grasped between the thumb and finger to facilitate the bending outward of the arm for ydisengaging the finger from the pocket 111 wlthdrawlng the pen or pencil therefrom.

By reason of the shape of the parts it will be seen .that the lugs 21 are always spaced well away from the body of the pencil so that they may be easily grasped between the fingers. I

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the fabric engaging foot is formed of two members 22 provided by slitting o-pposite sides of the arm to form upstanding projections. r1`he lower end of the arm is continued in the form of `a curl 23 which provides a finger piece for drawing the arm away from the pencil. The members 22 and lower end of the arm extend at an acute angle with respect to the pencil in a manner similar to the foot 19 so that a space at the lower end of the clip is provided for conveniently associating the same with the upper edge of thel pocket. rEhe two fingers 2Q; together' provide I .spaced apart fabric engaging members having a wide bearing against the poeketfand both fingers are blunt or squared at their' ends so that a good engagement of the meml y mamma bers with the pocket is effected without; any danger of the fingers catching in the cloth and tearing or fraying the same.

I claim as my -invention 1. pen or pencil clip comprising a body of fiat resilient metal, and means for attaching one end thereof to a pen or pencil, thc

other end being free, the free end being provided with integral spaced apart fabricengaging members having' blunt edges to engage the surface of a fabric with a relatively wide bearing, said body having a finger grip bent from the body adjacent said fabric engaging member', whereby said members may be moved to disengage them from a fabric.

2. A penl or pencil clip comprising a body of flat resilient metal, and means for attaching one end thereof to a pen or pencil, the other end being free, the free end being provided with integral spaced apart Jfabricengaging members having blunt edges to engage the 'surface of a fabric with a relatively wide bearing, said body having its side edgesv provided with outwardly bent llugs adjacent said fabric engaging members, to form a finger grip.

3. A pen oripencil clipcomprising a body of flat resilient metal, and means for attach ing one end V thereof to a pen or pencil, the other end being bent to provide a relatively wide, blunted fabric engaging portion, said body having outwardly bent ears adjacent said fabric engaging portion to form a finger grip. t

In testimony whereof, 1 hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. JACKSUN.

1n the presence of- A. D. EARL, DALINE A. Hesse. 

